Inking device or attachment more particularly for use with addressing machines



INKING DEVICE 0R ATTACHMENT MORE L. M. BARMAN.

APPLICATTON FILED N0V1l0|1920| PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITH ADDRESSINGMACHINES.

Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1..

L. M. BARMAN.

INKTNGDEVICE 0R ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITH ADDRESSINGMACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV= 10, T920.

1 ,41 ,398. Patented Apr. 4, 1922.

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DISTRIBIIHNG POSITION fRINfING F05 II'ION INK suPPLY.

L. M. BARIVIAN.

INKING DEVICE 0R ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITH ADDRESSINGMACHINES. APPLICATION FILED N0V1l0, I920- 141 1,398. Patented Apr. 4,1922.

3 SHEETS-SWEET 3- UNITED STATES LOUIS M. BARMAN, OF I-IOLBORN, LONDON,ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO RONEO -LIMITED,

FATENT OFFICE.

OF LONDON, ENGLAND, A. CQMPANY OF GREAT BRITAIH.

INKING DEVICE OR ATTACHMENT MORE PARTICULARLY FOR USE WITHYADDRESSINGMACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latcntedApr. 4, 1922.

Application filed November 10, 1920. Serial No. 423,092.

1 b all whom- {t may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS MArinicn .lmn- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, residing at 5 Holborn, London, E. U, 1 England, GreatBritain, have invented certain new and useful .improvements inan InkingDevice or Attachment More Particularly for Use withiiddressing Machines,of which the following a specification. I 7' i This invention relates toan improved inking device or attachment morefparticularly for use withaddressing machines of the type wherein stencil cards are employed.

in addressing machinesof'tl'iis class the envelopes, labels or the likeare required to receii e imprints in imitation of typewritten matter,and it therefore in1portant, when stencils. are used. that the quantityof ink forced througheach stencil should be carefully considered and soregulatedthat sharp and-clear impressionsare igroduced.

The present invention has for its object toprovide an inking device orattachment whereby these features are attained. and

for such a purpose an ink container-is provided with a wick or wicksandsuitable ink filling means.

The container is provided with means whereby it can be raised orlowered-into or out ofv contact with one of a set of ink distributingrollers, and the said distributing rollers are also arranged so that anupward or downward movement may be afforded thereto in such a mannerthat one of the distributing rollers is operated upon by a memher whichreceives ink therefrom and forces the ink so received through theperforated stencil on to an envelope label. or the like fed to themachine.

Furthermore, one of the ink distributing rollers has secured thereto anoperating handle so that ink may be distributed there to from the other.ink distributing rollers without necessitating a fresh supply of inkfrom the. ink container.

The invention will now be fully described with reference to theaccompanying drawings whereon Fig. 1 shows in plan view part of an addressing machine embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view.

Fig. 3 is a detail side view showing the merited inking roller 9.

parts as they appear when ink is being supplied from thecontainer.

Fig. 4 is a detail side view showing the inking device in, theinoperative position.

The addressing machine is provided with the usual hopper or magazine'forreceiving the stencil cards, and comprises. two standards 1, 1%,secured to the bed or base 2 of the machine. Beneaththe hopper.is'situated the slideway or track3 (Eig. 2.) and within this slidew-ayworks a reciprocating pusher member (not shown which actsIu pon thelowermost stencil card, removesiit the pile and positions it forprinting. Timex. tremity oftheslideway receives a container for the usedstencils.

The envelopes; labels, or the like are placedon asliding tray orplatform ian'd are moved into position for printing beg neaththeslideway 3and 'stencil therein by means of the handle-veg 5; i I

Thebed plate orbase2 is. bored out for 'the reception of theshaft(ijwhich has sel curejdthereon a spur "wheel ((1 operated by the handle8. Theshaftfalso ca iesmseg- Spur 'wheelii" a pinion 10 secured on ashaft 11," and secured to thissha-ft segmented messing roller 12 (Fig.2.) which presses the envelope and the stencil. card againstthesegmented l11li11'.1'0ll61 9. Pinion 10. drives a further pinion 13.(Fig. 4) the shaft of which is cranked to afford a reciprocatingmovement to the pusher member working inv the slideway.

Secured to the standard 1 are a pair of brackets 14 which support a rockshaft 15. and said shaft has a lever 16 thereon which carries a tray orplatform 17 supporting the ink container 18 with its wick or wicks andfilling means. Rock shaft 15 has also secured thereon a lever 19 the endof which is pivotally connected toa rod 20 supported in a bearing 21secured. to standard 1. The free end of rod 20 contacts against oneorother surfaces of a cam 22 secured on a rock shaft 23 supported by thebrackets 24:, and the end of shaft 15 has secured thereon a lever 25operated by a slide 26 having a slot 27 therein movable on a pin 28 orstud screwed or otherwise fastened to. the stand ard. 'The slide isprovided with a knob for hand operating.

The brackets 24 also accommodate a spin die 29 supporting a pair of arms30, said arms carrying at. their extremities an ink distributing roller31 which maybe provided with a rubber outer surface, and this roller isincontact with a felt covered distributing roller 32 also carried byarms 30. Roller 32 is likewise in contact with a felt -covered roller 33carried in lugs projecting from said arms and said roller receives theink from the container 18 by rubbing contact with the wick or wickstherein in a manner presently to be described.

The arms are provided with a spacer bar 34 which also acts as a supportfor the arms. Situated beneath the spindle 29 and secured to thestandard 1 is a stud having a collar or sheath 35 thereon fashioned witha cam surface 36 which forms one seat for the spacer bar or support 34.V Secured to collar 35 is a. hand lever 37 which can be moved in a rightor left hand direction across the surface of the standard, the movementin either direction'being limited by the stops 38. The ink distributingroller 31 has secured to its spindle a handle 39.

The operation of the inking devicesois as ,followsa-Upon upward pressurebeing applied to theknob on the slide 26 the lever 25 rocks the shaft23, the cam 22 acts upon the. freeend of the rod 20 anddepresses it aswell as the lever 19 pivoted thereto. This action rocks the shaft 15with its lever 16 carrying thev tray 1:? and so raisesthe ink container18 into theoperative position.

The ink distributing rollers 31,32 and 33 arenbrought'into theiroperative positions as follows i o Movement of the hand lever37 to'theleft causes the cam surface 36 of sheath 29 to be moved away from thespacer bar or support 34 therebylowering the arms 30. The position oftheparts is now as shown in Fig. 3, wherein the roller 33 is contactingagainst the wick or wicks of the ink container 18 and the roller 31 isin the position for applying ink to the segmented inking roller 9.Roller 31 is set in motion by turning the handle 39 wherebyrollers 32and 33 are rotated so that the ink collected by roller 33 is distributedby roller 32 to 31. When sufiicient ink has been imparted to thedistributing rollers the ink supply is cut off by pressing down the knobso that the ink container assumes the position shown in Fig. 4.

The arms30 may if necessary be provided when the roller 9 contacts withroller 31.

' The addressing machine is now ready for operating. 1

On turning the handle 8 the reciprocating pusher member advances thelowermost stencil card 40. to its printing position in the slideway 3beneath rollers 9 and 12 and during this positioning of the stencil cardthe machine. I i l Having thus descr bed my invent on what segmentedinking roller 9 is in contact with the roller 31 and thereby rotation ofthe rollers 32 and is effected. An envelope is now placed on the slidingplatform 4 and a movement of the lever 5 to the right positions saidenvelope below the stencil card. Further movement of the operatinghandle 8 causes the segmented feed roller 12 to grip the envelope andthe stencil card between it and the segmented roller 9 so that the inktherefrom is forced through the perforations of the stencil and animprint appears upon the envelope in imitation of typewritten matter.

With an inking device or attachment of the nature herein describedfrequent application of ink from the container is avoided as a few turnsof the handle 39 is usually all that is necessary, and in some casesrecently used stencils may be printed from without any ink beingrequired from the roller 31 which can be moved out of'contact with theroller 9 by movement of the lever 37 into the position shown in Fig 2.

It is to be understood vice or attachment may be applied to varyingtypes of addressingmachines wherein perclass. V

A suitable dust or dirt proof cover may be provided to enclose theworking parts of the I desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStatesi's as follows 7 I 1. Ina printing machine, a frame includingstandards, movable arms, 'distributin hat the inking ilei rollersmountedon the arms, a felt covere roller normally contacting with one ofthe ink distributing rollers, a movable ink container carrying a wickadapted to contact with the felt covered roller to deliver ink thereto,a cam adaptedto contact with one of the arms for moving the armsvertically to bring thefelt covered roller into and out of contact withthe wick, and means for moving the ink container vertically.

2. In a printing machine, a frame including standards, movable arms,distributing rollers carried by the movable arms, means for rotating therollers, a spacer bar between the movable arms, a sleeve, a spacer barmounted-in the sleeve and having a cam, said cam adapted to contact withthe spacer bar for moving the rollers vertically, a segmental inkingroller adapted to collect ink from the rollers, and a movable inkcontainer adapted to deliver ink to one of said rollers. In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this specification.

L. M. BARB IAN.

